Small Business
Small businesses employ nearly half the entire American workforce and represent 43.5% of America’s GDP. As we have for over a century, the U.S. Chamber represents the full spectrum of the American business community. And like America, where most businesses are small businesses, the vast majority of our members—90%—are small businesses and state and local chambers of commerce.
How The Chamber Advocates for Small Business
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Your guide to shopping small on Small Business Saturday—and every day—to support and celebrate our nation’s small businesses this holiday season.
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The 2024 CO—100 Top Honorees offer their insights on the importance of free enterprise and economic growth.
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Learn about small businesses’ contributions to the economy and the unique challenges they face.
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Showcase: Small Business Profiles
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- Small Business Outlook: Confidence Continues to RiseEvery week the U.S. Chamber's Vice President of Small Business Policy Tom Sullivan summarizes the latest data and what it means for the health of America's small businesses.Learn More
- How the 20% Pass-Through Deduction Impacts Businesses, Local EconomiesThe U.S. Chamber urges Congress to enact the “Main Street Tax Certainty Act,” which would make the 20% pass-through deduction permanent.Learn More
- Small Business Owners Voice Their Optimism about AIA new survey from MetLife and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce finds small businesses feel AI could give them a competitive edge.Learn More
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The Chamber’s Small Business Council supports and fights for policies that keep Main Street businesses thriving and workforce vibrant. This includes advocating for a tax and regulatory environment that helps—not hurts—small business owners to create jobs and serve our communities and economy.
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Inflation remains the top concern for a majority of small business owners (54%) according to a recent poll by the Chamber. In comparison, other issues like rising interest rates, revenue, and supply chain issues remain second-tier worries.
Failure to act now to restore immediate Research and Development expensing will increase the cost of innovation in the United States and slow economic growth for businesses of all sizes.
Small businesses have record-high expectations around hiring and revenue for the coming year, but inflation is still their biggest challenge.
50% report they have delayed plans to grow their business due to higher interest rates
The undersigned organizations urge Congress to improve health coverage for the employees of America’s small businesses by voting for H.R. 3799, the CHOICE Arrangement Act.
This Statement for the Record was sent to the Members of the House Committee on Small Business, for the hearing, "Reviewing the SBA’s Office of Advocacy Report on the Regulatory Flexibility Act.”
With 1,414 grantees and $8.5 million in grants distributed since 2020, the Coalition to Back Black Businesses continues to support America's Black-owned small businesses through ongoing economic shifts
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the House Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, on the hearing, "The Rise in Organized Retail Crime and the Threat to Public Safety."
Organized retail theft has spiked. Here's what Congress, states, and localities can do to fix it.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the United States Congress, supporting S. 1243 / H.R. 2767, the “Small Business Investment Act of 2023.”
